Unless disabled by timeout, restart, or otherwise manually I’m curious to know why that would be?
Of course the dude had to know this was a one way trip, I’d have wiped everything but then again maybe they didn’t care at that point.
It is hit or miss. The fingerprint button is also looking for the electrical signals of a living person. Apparently, that doesn’t end immediately upon death.
Source? Sounds like scifi movie stuff to me, but I’d be interested to read/see more about it
Your body doesn’t all die at once. The parts that need a constant flow of oxygen die within minutes, while some parts take hours. Tissues like skin, tendons and heart valves are viable for harvest for as long as 48 hours after death.
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/decomposition-body-changes/
I don’t know how long a fingerprint would work after death though. I imagine it depends on the type of scanner. An optical scanner would probably not care. I’m not sure about ultrasonic. Thermal and capacitive would probably stop working within minutes of death.
https://mashable.com/article/smartphone-biometrics-dead-body-touch-id-face-id
Might be outdated, though
